#17

Shamar McCollum

Senior linebacker for Georgia State. 2023: 30 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Georgia State · Sr. · #17

6′4″ · 225 lb · Hamer, SC

CFB Index 31 · #446 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceGeorgia State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 456 nationally · Signed with Dillon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia State. 2023: 30 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Dillon in 2019.
Transferred from Wake Forest to Georgia State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia State, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20198 games

Recruited3-star out of Dillon

20216 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#456 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

Played his entire career under Shawn Elliott.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2022Georgia State4-8HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2023Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #446 of 577?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1055 / 2842 · 60th pct

3.0

Tackles#1301 / 2842 · 53rd pct

Solo tackles#1931 / 2842 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.4	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #446 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #446 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia State	30	10	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Georgia State	44	19	8.5	4.5	1	--	--
2021	Georgia State	15	8	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2020	Wake Forest	10	4	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Wake Forest	14	6	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		113	47	22.5	10.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 42–35

vs Rhode Island

1 QB HUR · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Rhode Island at home in a shootout.

With K. Loggins — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · D. Grainger — 193 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.4 · 51 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 42-35vs Rhode Island	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 41-25@ Charlotte	3	0	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 30-17@ Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 7-28vs Troy	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-24vs Marshall	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 27-44@ Georgia Southern	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	L 14-42vs James Madison	4	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 14-42vs App State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 14-56@ LSU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 24-25@ Old Dominion	5	0	1.0	1.0	—
Total		30	10	3.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology